Street construction



Nov. 6,1934. H; R. DECKER 1,980,041

STREET CONSTRUCTION Original Filed May 7, 1932 Patented Nov. 6, 1934- UN lTE-"ii' STREET CONSTRUCTION Harry R. Decker, Houston, Tex.

Application May 7, 1932, Serial No. 609,870 Renewed March 30, 1934 7 Claims.

This invention relates to street construction.

An object of the invention is to provide, in street construction, novel means for regulat'mg the parking of motor vehicles at the street curbs.

Another object is to provide a construction of the character described that will conserve parking space and increase the usable width of the trafiic lanes between the rows of parked vehicles.

Another object is to provide permanent markers for the parking spaces, which will also insure the uniform parking of cars whether parked parallel with, or at an angle to, the curb.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in street construction, a wheel berth, at the curb which will insure the proper and uniform parking of vehicles,

Another object is to provide wheel abutments, on the curb, which will define the berths of parallel parked vehicles, as well as the limit of movement of said vehicles in entering and leaving said berths, to the end that other adjacent parked cars will not be struck or injured or their positions changed.

Another object is to provide means on, or in, the street curb which makes it possible to move a vehicle into or from its berth, at the curb, with little effort on the part of the driver.

With the above and other objects in view this invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of parts, and use an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:-

Figure 1 shows a plan view of a street crossing embodying the invention,

Figure 2 shows a plan view of a curb shoe employed, and

Figure 3 shows an elevational view thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate the same parts in each of the figures the numerals l, 2 designate the streets, which as shown cross each other and have the curbs 3, 4.. The curbs 3 have the wheel berths 5 therein which face the traffic lanes of the corresponding street at a selected angle to correspond to the rules governing angle parking. These berths are preferably at an angle of about forty five degrees to the line of trafiic and are spaced approximately a uniform distance apart and are so spaced that the vehicles accommodated thereby will be positioned relative to each other so as not to use unnecessary space and may be readily moved into and out of the parking space. The berths 5 are of a width, depth and contour to readily receive the appropriate wheel of the vehicle and the entire vehicle may be thus parked closer the curb and thus, in effect, the traffic lanes between the rows of parked cars will be widened. The berths 5 also form visible markers whereby the vehicle driver is enabled to park properly, easily and accurately.

The berths 5 may have metal linings 6, if desired.

The curb 4 may have spaced shoes secured thereto and spaced the required distance apart therealong. These shoes may be inset in, and secured to, the concrete of the curb in any approved manner.

The side of each shoe, facing the oncoming tramc, has a-concaved face, or berth, '7 to receive the front wheel of the vehicle adjacent the curb, and the other side of each shoe forms an abrupt shoulder 8. These shoes are to be used on curbs where the vehicles are to be parked parallel. As a car is parked it may be driven alongside the curb and the front wheel, adjacent the curb may be easily turned into the berth '7 and the vehicle will then be parked the proper distance in front of the shoulder 8 of the next succeeding shoe to the end that when a car is to be moved out from its parking space the steering wheels may be appropriately turned and when the car is then moved rearwardly it will have ample space for the required movement and its rear curb wheel will strike said shoulder 8 in the rear, without striking the parked car in the rear and upon a reversal of the steering wheels the vehicle can be driven out into the trafiic lane clear of the vehicle in front.

The drawing and description disclose what is now considered to be a preferred form of the invention by way of illustration only, while the broad principle of the invention will be defined by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In street construction curbs elevated above the street surface and having wheel berths spaced apart along the curbs each berth being of a width to receive a single vehicle wheel.

2. In street construction elevated side curbs having wheel berths spaced apart along the curbs and having corresponding angular relations to the line of traflic of the adjacent trafiic lane, each berth being of a width to receive a single vehicle wheel.

3. In street construction elevated side curbs having indentations spaced apart forming wheel berths, each berth being shaped to conform to (ill 6. In street construction elevated side curbs having spaced wheel berths, which are directed towards the oncoming traflic of the adjacent trafiic lane, and projecting abutments behind the respective berths.

7. In street construction elevated side curbs having deep grooves spaced apart and forming wheel berths which are directed towards the oncoming trafiic of the adjacent traffic lane, each groove being shaped to receive a single wheel only of a motor vehicle.

HARRY R. DECKER. 

